Ox-yoke



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. WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS S. VALENTINE, OF ALBION, MICHIGAN.

OX-YOKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent No. 382,570, dated May 8,1888.

Application filed March 8, 1888.

- To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J ULIUs S. VALENTINE, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Albion, in the county of Calhoun and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inNeck-Yokes for Oxen; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inneck-yokesfor oxen; and it consists in the construction and combination of theparts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointedout in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings,which illustrate my invention, Figure 1 isa perspective view. Fig. 2 is a top view, one of the plates beingremoved therefrom to better show the construction. Fig. 3 is a verticalsectional view, I A refers to the main bar of the neck-yoke,

which is provided near its ends with slots B B, within which theneck-pieces G 0 move. The neck-pieces C G are provided on their undersides with recesses c c, which fit upon the necks of the oxen. The upperportion of these neck-pieces G 0 have either formed thereon or attachedthereto blocks or strips 0, which are of less length than the slots B,so that the neck-pieces will be permitted to have a movement within theslots, and above the blocks a, so as to lie over the longitudinal edgesof the slots, are plates D, which are suitably secured to the blocks a.The bows E'E pass through perforations adjacent to the recesses in theneck-pieces through the blocks 0,and through the pieces D D, and saidbows are secured in place by suitable pins.

To each'of the plates D D are secured rackbars F F, the teeth of whichengage with a pinion, G, which is carried by a frame secured to thecenter portion of the bar A by means of a bent bar, 1 which bent baralso serves to hold in place a depending block,I. A ring Serial No.266,509. (No model.)

is attached to the bar g, through which the i pole'passes. p

The frame which supports the pinion Goonsists of upper and lower plates,m m, between which are placed the blocks n n, for holding the platesapart, and between these plates are interposed rollers o 0, which bearupon the back of the rack-bars,so as to hold them in engagement with thepinion.

By the use of the hereinbefore-described device the oxen will be kept atan equal distance from the pole, so that they will draw equally, andwill not swing the pole or cart from side to side.

I am, aware that prior to my invention ithas been proposed to provideordinary neck-yokes with a pinion and rack-bars, as shown in Patout No.307,474, and I do not claim such construction, broadly, as my invention;but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y 1. Thecombination,in a'neck-yoke for oxen, of a slotted bar, A, provided onits upper side with a frame carrying a central .pinion and rollers o 0,neck-pieces O 0, having blocks 0 and plates D, and rack-bars F F,attached to the plates D, substantially as shown, and for the purposeset forth.

2. Thecombination,in a neck-yoke for oxen,

of a bar, A, having end slots, neck-pieces O O,

and plates D, bows carried thereby, and rackbars secured to the platesD, the parts being organized substantially as shown, and for the purposeSet forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 5 presence of twowitnesses. I

J ULIUS S. VALENTINE.

Witnesses: HENRY M. DEARING, LUTHER E. LOVEJOY.

